NORMAN PARISH: The Artist
Opening June 21, 2013
Reception 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Parish Gallery - Georgetown
1054 31st Street,
NW
Washington, DC 20007
Tel: 202.944.2310
Email: parishgallery@bigplanet.com
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For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art - including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko - as a weapon in the Cold War. In the manner of a Renaissance prince - except that it acted secretly - the CIA fostered and promoted American Abstract Expressionist painting around the world for more than 20 years.Details here...
I started out as a young Turk completely rebellious against skill. I was conceptual! I knew what was important! And it wasn’t some type of mindless devotion to creating perfect solder seams. I was so bad, and this is true; that on at least one occasion, my work fell apart at the opening.Read some really good writing by Judith Schaechter at Late Breaking Noose here.
David Woodward, a Queen's University fine arts student, planned to display 10 pairs of underwear at a university donor appreciation event. But when he arrived, the Toronto Star reports school officials quickly told him to get rid of them before the event at the Kingston, Ontario, school began.This is so old news in some many ways... sometime in the mid 1990s there was a Washington DC area artist, I can't recall her name, whose work consisted of exactly the same thematic idea, but in this case her own underwear (sexy, feminine things...) and of course it was censored. I recall this because I wrote a long article for the historic KOAN Magazine about it.
"A Persian carpet decorated with swirling vines and vibrant flowers that was stored for decades by the Corcoran Gallery of Art sold Wednesday for more than $30 million. That sum, fetched at a Sotheby’s sale, shattered the previous record for rugs sold at auction. But it won’t help the struggling Washington gallery overcome its financial woes because the money must be used for future acquisitions, not to help the bottom line."Read the article in the WaPo here. If the Corc needs some ideas as to how to spen the $30M... they know my number...
The Batman in The Batcave (Brooding Over Robin) Charcoal, conte and Embedded Appropriated Video. Circa 2013 Framed to 30x40 inches. |
Ave Jacquelinas ER Charcoal and Conte with Embedded electronics 20x16 inches, circa 2012 |
Ave Marylinas Charcoal and Conte with Embedded Electronics 20x16 inches, circa 2012 |
The Batman in The Batcave (Brooding Over Robin) Charcoal, conte and Embedded Appropriated Video. Circa 2013 Framed to 30x40 inches. |
Deadline: June 1, 2013
FOUNDRY GALLERY AUGUST 2013 EXHIBITION.
This month-long juried show at historic Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C.
is open to painting, drawing and mixed media by artists in the greater Washington
area (D.C., N. Virginia, S. Maryland). Reception. Application fee.
Details here.
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